Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

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I’m not immune from the tendency to translate my discomfort into avoidance and distaste for the victim rather than anger at the perpetrator. There are gentler sections with little anecdotes, and he transports you to the era with lovely descriptions of the time. The tone is never quite right - somewhere between whimsical and maudlin without ever being really insightful or fully authentic.

He believes he can share his secrets – on a stage, in a book, with thousands watching – but he cannot talk about them with an audience of one. The Sunday Times chose it as the best film and theatre book of 2020, in their list of "The 37 best books of 2020".The conspiracy of secrecy, the enforced silence, the muzzling of the victim, starts with the molester (“our little secret”), is maintained by the victim and by the family, and is perpetuated by society. Stephen Fry told me Moby Dick is a great novel but I’ve tried it twice and given up both times before they get on the boat. How heartbreaking it is to read that when the first secret "special cuddle" occurred, the eight-year-old boy was so deprived of affection and soft words from his surviving parent that even though he knew, instinctively, it was wrong and strange for his father to caress his naked buttocks, the relief of being treated kindly for once eclipsed the shame.

Remembering things from my childhood too like Bob a Job and collecting green stamps so you will enjoy his many recollections of adolescence. I decided to read this after seeing the excellent reviews, rather than because I am a big fan of Alan Davies. In five decades of interviewing, I have rarely come across an interviewee who does not go through at least the motions of discussing the film or book or art show they are involved in which is the reason the interview has been granted. Every time you turn the page you hope for more upper-case as YOU CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY NEXT.This book teaches us that kindness and humour are not only attractive qualities of one’s character but they are also essential for one’s survival. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Further, his discussion of the loss of his mother was a compelling and honest account of childhood grief. In 1994 and 1995, Davies hosted Alan's Big One for three series on Radio 1 before appearing in Channel 4's spoof travel show One for the Road (made by Channel X in 1994/5).